Famous quotes containing the words fort and/or ransom:
“Across Parker Avenue from the fort is the Site of the Old Gallows, where 83 men stood on nothin, a-lookin up a rope. The platform had a trap wide enought to accommodate 12 men, but half that number was the highest ever reached. On two occasions six miscreants were executed. There were several groups of five, some quartets and trios.”
—Administration in the State of Arka, U.S. public relief program. Arkansas: A Guide to the State (The WPA Guide to Arkansas)
“A real man doesnt have to run from his mother, and may even have to face the reality that no great deed is going to be great enough for him to ransom himself completely, and he may always be in his mothers debt. If he understands that . . . he wont have to feel guilty, and he wont have to please her completely. He can go ahead and be nice to her and let her be part of his life.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)